Courage in Chinese tattoo

A courage in chinese tattoo is often written as two characters, not one. Duane checked this reading. It is not a stencil made for you.

If you mean the strength to endure, see strength in Chinese tattoo.

Characters

Simplified characters are the everyday writing in mainland China and Singapore. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and in classic calligraphy, including 欧体.

These two forms are not the same shape. The form to tattoo depends on who should be able to read it.

Simplified stencil of 勇气
勇气yǒng qì
Simplified
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Traditional stencil of 勇氣
勇氣yǒng qì
Traditional
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The picture is set in LXGW WenKai, an open regular-script font. It is not Duane's brush writing. You can download it as a stencil of this reading. For your own words or name, use the form.

Meaning

Courage, the nerve to act. 勇 is brave. The second character is spirit or breath: 气 in simplified writing and 氣 in traditional writing. Together they name courage.

Common mistakes

勇 alone means brave, not the whole word. 气 and 氣 are the same word in two scripts, not two different meanings. 勇敢 means brave as a description, which is different wording.

Before you tattoo this

Say whether you mean a moment of courage, or the kind of person you want to be. If you mean the strength to endure, that is 力量.

Want this in your own words or name? Tell Duane the meaning you're after.

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What this site does

You type a name, a word, or a phrase. Characters are suggested with AI help. Then Duane, a native Chinese speaker and lifelong calligrapher, checks and corrects every one before anyone receives a stencil and a meaning note.

What this site does not do

It does not tattoo you, and it does not promise how the ink will look on skin. It does not send a character out until Duane has checked it. It does not take payment or open accounts. A suggestion on a meaning page is not an approval.